Jon Mertz
@jonmertz.bsky.social
Thought entrepreneur exploring the intersection of business and society. Teach strategy at CU Denver Business School.
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Jon Mertz
@jonmertz.bsky.social
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Starting a Responsible Business
Exploring a leadership framework to start a responsible business for profit and purpose.
medium.com
Starting a Responsible Business: A leadership framework to start a responsible business for profit and purpose. medium.com/@jonmertz/st... #startups
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It's understandable to focus on what Musk might lose now that he has gone to war against Trump. But never forget just how much he *got* from his time in DC www.platformer.news/musk-trump-f...
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's understandable to focus on what Musk might lose now that he has gone to war against Trump. But never forget just how much he *got* from his time in DC www.platformer.news/musk-trump-f...
TACO - ineffective in negotiating and a poor way to develop policy. Confusing, sporadic, poor leadership
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
TACO - ineffective in negotiating and a poor way to develop policy. Confusing, sporadic, poor leadership
Wake-up call: Leadership in the AI age via @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a... | Critical actions outlined in this article | #AI
www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a... | Critical actions outlined in this article | #AI
Wake-up call: Leadership in the AI age
America is facing the biggest, fastest, most consequential technological shift in history — at the very moment people have lost faith in the big institutions.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wake-up call: Leadership in the AI age via @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a... | Critical actions outlined in this article | #AI
www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a... | Critical actions outlined in this article | #AI
Southwest’s recent announcement on their baggage policy eliminates another differentiator. Are they moving toward being stuck in a strategic middle?
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer... #strategy
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer... #strategy
Southwest is getting rid of its most recognizable perk | Jon Mertz
Southwest AirlinesStrategic Gamble: Abandoning What Made Them Different
Southwest Airlines just announced the end of one of its key differentiators — "Bags…
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March 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Southwest’s recent announcement on their baggage policy eliminates another differentiator. Are they moving toward being stuck in a strategic middle?
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer... #strategy
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer... #strategy
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Researchers examined compassionate behaviors like charitable giving, volunteering and disaster recovery aid, finding that despite deep polarization, many Americans remain driven to help others.
By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University #compassion #empathy
By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University #compassion #empathy
Even as polarization surges, Americans believe they live in a compassionate country
Compassion starts with the individual – self-care and personal wellness. It then radiates out to the wider community in the form of action and engagement.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Researchers examined compassionate behaviors like charitable giving, volunteering and disaster recovery aid, finding that despite deep polarization, many Americans remain driven to help others.
By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University #compassion #empathy
By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University #compassion #empathy
Would a private governance model work for AI? I am very skeptical. #AI #governance
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Jon Mertz on LinkedIn: #ai #governance #aiethics #ethics
Reflecting on Dean Ball's recent piece on AI governance for Fathom.org. Ball makes an interesting case for private governance as the primary approach to AI…
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February 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Would a private governance model work for AI? I am very skeptical. #AI #governance
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis
Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis
During the first Trump administration, intelligence workers at many levels made political judgments about the information they assembled.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis
The Ethics-Strategy Synergy: Three Critical Forces to Transform Business Value
Integrating ethics into your vision, purpose, and culture creates powerful strategic advantages and drives business value.
#strategy #ethics
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Integrating ethics into your vision, purpose, and culture creates powerful strategic advantages and drives business value.
#strategy #ethics
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer...
Jon Mertz on LinkedIn: The Ethics-Strategy Synergy: Three Critical Forces to Transform Business…
The Ethics-Strategy Synergy: Three Critical Forces to Transform Business Value
Integrating ethics into your vision, purpose, and culture creates powerful…
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February 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Ethics-Strategy Synergy: Three Critical Forces to Transform Business Value
Integrating ethics into your vision, purpose, and culture creates powerful strategic advantages and drives business value.
#strategy #ethics
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer...
Integrating ethics into your vision, purpose, and culture creates powerful strategic advantages and drives business value.
#strategy #ethics
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonmer...
The Moral Courage Blueprint: How Leaders Resolve Economic and Social Tensions
medium.com/@jonmertz/th... | Read a summary of my research and get the full published article. #leadership #ethics
medium.com/@jonmertz/th... | Read a summary of my research and get the full published article. #leadership #ethics
The Moral Courage Blueprint: How Leaders Resolve Economic and Social Tensions
Building moral courage capacity happens through the moral sentiments trilogy.
medium.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Moral Courage Blueprint: How Leaders Resolve Economic and Social Tensions
medium.com/@jonmertz/th... | Read a summary of my research and get the full published article. #leadership #ethics
medium.com/@jonmertz/th... | Read a summary of my research and get the full published article. #leadership #ethics
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People with less knowledge about #AI are actually more open to using it, challenging the assumption that tech-savvy individuals are the most eager adopters. Business professors explain the “lower literacy-higher receptivity” link – when people think it’s ‘magic’:
Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research
People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
People with less knowledge about #AI are actually more open to using it, challenging the assumption that tech-savvy individuals are the most eager adopters. Business professors explain the “lower literacy-higher receptivity” link – when people think it’s ‘magic’:
How U.S. cities are innovating in public space medium.com/reimagining-... #community
How U.S. cities are innovating in public space
Snapshots from 10 civic commons efforts across the country
medium.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How U.S. cities are innovating in public space medium.com/reimagining-... #community
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A retired federal judge examines Trump's pardons of hundreds convicted in the violent storming of the Capitol: "When it comes to #Jan6 offenders, not only do I think they received appropriate due process, but in some cases, I believe they received excessive due process."
Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains
The new president has shown clemency to supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A retired federal judge examines Trump's pardons of hundreds convicted in the violent storming of the Capitol: "When it comes to #Jan6 offenders, not only do I think they received appropriate due process, but in some cases, I believe they received excessive due process."
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others? '” - Martin Luther King Jr. #MLK #compassion #care
January 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others? '” - Martin Luther King Jr. #MLK #compassion #care
Starting a Responsible Business: A leadership framework to start a responsible business for profit and purpose. medium.com/@jonmertz/st... #startups
Starting a Responsible Business
Exploring a leadership framework to start a responsible business for profit and purpose.
medium.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Starting a Responsible Business: A leadership framework to start a responsible business for profit and purpose. medium.com/@jonmertz/st... #startups
More than looking like it, acting like it.
Meta oversight co-chair says the company looks like it’s "buckling to political pressure" by ending fact-checking program: cnn.it/3PuPboO
Meta oversight co-chair says the company looks like it’s ‘buckling to political pressure’ by ending fact-checking program | CNN Business
The company’s oversight co-chair said he would have liked to have seen changes made during “less contentious and partisan times so that they would be considered on the merits.”
cnn.it
January 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
More than looking like it, acting like it.
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FACTS! Not make believe.
January 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FACTS! Not make believe.
A few business leaders and corporate boards are supporting #DEI programs and policies. Costco and now Apple - techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/a... via @techcrunch.com
Apple board opposes proposal to abolish DEI programs | TechCrunch
Apple’s board of directors has come out in opposition to a proposal seeking to end the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. In
techcrunch.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A few business leaders and corporate boards are supporting #DEI programs and policies. Costco and now Apple - techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/a... via @techcrunch.com
Good guide from @techcrunch.com on how to delete Meta accounts techcrunch.com/2025/01/10/h... | I will be starting this process
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete
techcrunch.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Good guide from @techcrunch.com on how to delete Meta accounts techcrunch.com/2025/01/10/h... | I will be starting this process
“Emulating X” - a phrase not often heard lately. Now, it’s a shift of Facebook to even more unethical practices and no responsible governance www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.... #ethics
Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users - BBC News
Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.
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January 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Emulating X” - a phrase not often heard lately. Now, it’s a shift of Facebook to even more unethical practices and no responsible governance www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.... #ethics
A turbulent year ahead, and it will intensify. Aspens exemplify how we can do better (be better). www.linkedin.com/pulse/wisdom...
The Wisdom of Aspen Groves: A Blueprint for Humanity
My mind often returns to the quiet wisdom of aspens. One of nature's most profound teachers stands in the stillness of mountain forests.
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January 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A turbulent year ahead, and it will intensify. Aspens exemplify how we can do better (be better). www.linkedin.com/pulse/wisdom...